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"Without exception, close every human place of activity and every trading place," urges actor Ulrich Tukur on the federal government.
“Not only theaters, cafés, schools, factories, bookstores, button shops, no, also all grocery stores, weekly markets and above all all the supermarkets.” And he adds: “Are we only in the body and not just in the soul starved and all mouse dead, we also deprive the virus and its devious mutant baggage of its livelihood. "
Numerous prominent film and television actors are causing a stir with a large-scale internet campaign under the motto #allesdichtmachen.
Artists such as Ulrich Tukur, Volker Bruch, Meret Becker, Richie Müller, Heike Makatsch, Jan Josef Liefers and many more spread ironic-satirical clips with personal statements on the German government's corona policy on Instagram and on the video platform YouTube at the same time.
How the action was coordinated was initially unknown.
The film producer Bernd K. Wunder is listed as managing director on the campaign's website.
To the "Spiegel", Wunder only said about the project: "This is art."
The hashtags #allesdichtmachen, #niewiederaufmachen and # lockdownfürimmer quickly became the most used on Twitter in Germany in the evening.
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In his clip, Liefers thanks with an ironic undertone "to all the media in our country who have been tirelessly responsible for over a year and with a clear attitude that the alarm stays exactly where it belongs, namely at the very top".
The actress Nina Gummich announced ironically in her video: “I stand up for freedom of expression.
Especially during turbulent times like the corona crisis.
That is why I have freed myself bit by bit from my own opinion in the last few months.
Berlin's Senator for Culture, Klaus Lederer, took a stand against the Internet campaign.
"I can well understand that after 13 months of pandemic it is difficult to maintain strength and confidence," said the left-wing politician of the dpa in Berlin.
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He shared some criticism "of the generality of the so-called emergency brake, which closes the path to learning how cultural life can be made possible under pandemic conditions." Covid means for our society. Cynicism and scorn are inappropriate, ”said Lederer, who is currently also chairing the federal state's conference of ministers of culture.
The campaign met with enthusiastic approval and even vehement rejection on social media. “The actors from #allesdichtmachen can shove their irony deep into the ventilator,” tweeted presenter Tobias Schlegl, who is also an emergency paramedic. Actor Marcus Mittermeier commented: “Nobody asked me if I wanted to take part in #allesdichtmachen. Thank God! "Media journalist Stefan Niggemeier from the online magazine" uebermedien.de "wrote of" disgusting irony "and a" dam break ", which is also the" greatest success of the lateral thinker scene so far ".
“Tatort” actress Nora Tschirner also heavily criticized the action.
She wrote on Instagram;
“Really yes, Leude?
What's going on?
"Make cynicism great again"?
Or what?
Is it getting boring in the loft and the Brandenburg country house?
Now dare to go out and have a nice cup of fluff, because otherwise you would have to take care of your own emotional management?
Yeah, you can do it.
It may just be that you will be ashamed of yourself in a few years (weeks).
Unfucking. "
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Heike Makatsch, one of the participants, distanced herself on Friday morning.
She wrote on Instagram: “I distance myself clearly and unambiguously from right-wing ideas and right-wing ideologies.
Always. "She never wants to" lessen the suffering of the victims and their relatives and possibly hurt them as a result.
If that happens, I ask your forgiveness. ”Makatsch withdrew her video.
Liefers, on the other hand, justified himself on Twitter for his participation in the campaign.
The actor made it clear that he was critical of the government's decisions.
His video should be an "ironic commentary on the priorities of the media".
“A growing closeness to unconventional thinkers and the like, which has been oracles.
I clearly reject it.
There is also no party in the current spectrum of the Bundestag that I am further from than the AfD. "
There was applause from the former President of the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution, Hans-Georg Maaßen, who called the action “great” on Twitter. The Hamburg virologist Jonas Schmidt-Chanasit spoke of a “masterpiece” that “should make us think a lot”. AfD member of the Bundestag Joana Cotar tweeted: “This is an intelligent protest.” She celebrates Jan Josef Liefers.
The art and culture scene has been suffering severely from the Corona measures for more than a year. According to the Federal Drama Association (BFFS), for example, many of the actors in Germany have had hardly any income since March 2020. According to the association, two thirds to three quarters of all actors and actresses live from guest engagements at theaters that are currently unable or barely able to work. In Germany there are a total of around 15,000 to 20,000 actors.